Cucumber Soup with Spring Vegetables
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All veggies are young, fresh and full of spring garden aroma. Is there anything more lovely?
Ingredients
| 800 | millilitres |
water
|
|
| 3 | each |
chicken wings
or half of carcass, 1 wing |
* |
| 30 | grams |
leeks
green leaves, chopped |
|
| 1 | each |
allspice
|
* |
| 250 | grams |
cucumbers
peeled or well rinsed, diced |
|
| 50 | grams |
carrots
scraped or well rinsed, sliced |
|
| 20 | grams |
parsnips
scraped or well rinsed, sliced |
|
| 30 | grams |
celeriac root
peeled, sliced |
* |
| 20 | grams |
cabbage
shredded |
|
| 3 | each |
scallions, spring or green onions
chopped finely |
|
| ½ | cup |
dill weed
chopped finely |
* |
| ¼ | cup |
parsley leaves
chopped finely |
|
| ¼ | cup |
celery leaves
celeriac leaves, chopped finely |
* |
| 1 | x |
salt and black pepper
ground |
* |
Directions
1 - Cook chicken stock in a pressure cooker for 10 minutes (water, chicken parts, green leek, allspice, ½ teaspoon salt). Prepare the rest of ingredients. 2 - When steam is reduced, remove all items and transfer the stock to a pot excluding scums. Skim fat if needed. 3 - Bring the stock to boil, add all ingredients and simmer for 10 minutes. Save some dill for garnish. 4 - Garnish with minced chicken flesh and dill leaves. Optionally you may add fresh chopped leaves of basil.
Toronto , Ontario, Canada
over 8 years ago
This is a well balanced soup. It sounds so light, refreshing yet very tasty. You definitely know how to eat well :-)
very kind of you.. I just wanted this soup to be so delicate and aromatic as the spring is.. :)
Warsaw, Poland
over 8 years ago